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The whole "Pyramus and Thisbe" sequence in the third act of Britten's A Midsummer Night's Dream is a hilarious parody of 19th Century Italian opera. Particularly funny is the bitonal "O wall, full often hast thou heard my moans." I highly recommend this whole opera to anyone who has never heard it

It's very rare that music will actually make me laugh, but there can be details here and there that give me a little chuckle.

One piece I find humorous is Rachmaninov's piano transcription of Kreisler's Liebesfreud, which is basically because of the "clash of styles". Rachmaninov takes the charming little, "easy listening" piece by Kreisler and adds his own more advanced harmonies, bombastic and virtuosic, sometimes "rough" style to it. I can't say for sure if the humour is intentional, but I get the feeling that it is.

There's also a piano piece by Satie (from Embryons Desseches) that when the final tonic chord comes and it sounds like the piece is over, he just keeps the tonic chords coming for a while. You can tell he's playing around with people's expectations and making fun of the "emphatic" way a lot of classical music ends. The fact that the piece itself is short doesn't help.

Another humorous, "tongue in cheek" moment is when Debussy uses the opening motive from Tristan und Isolde in the middle section of Golliwog's Cakewalk (Children's Corner).

Oh, and the ending of the first movement from Poulenc's Piano Concerto (not the one for two pianos). The surprise twist at the end sounds like it's as far away from the tonic you can get..

That one is interesting, it really has everything but the kitchen sink. Though, it is not that out of place for Arnold. Give Commonwealth Christmas Overture a try and tell me if you don't hear any unexpected, but more conventional, instruments.

The Nose by Shostakovich is a truly bizarre and wacky opera;it's been described as the "Wozzeck of comic opera". It's totally insane and a blast! I've been listening to the brilliantGergiev/Maryinsky recording on the Maryinsky label.
Nielsen's comic opera Maskarade is also great fun in a more jolly way than the Shostakovivh opera. Don't miss the Da Capo DVD of it. You'll have ball !
Prokofiev's comic opera The Love For Three Oranges is also delightfully wacky, and it seems to anticipate Monty Python by decades !
Dvorak's comic opera The Devil and Kate is delightfully droll; it was written around the time of the more famous tragic opera Rusalka, and is its comic counterpart. It features a devil who isn't frightening at all,but a total wimp!